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Tumbbad
2018
· Movie
· 113 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #558
- IMDb #175
- Letterboxd #1509
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1400
- Kinopoisk #4109
- Trakt #274
Every rating
64–95
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 95.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.
Details
- Directors
- Adesh Prasad, Rahi Anil Barve
- Writers
- Adesh Prasad, Anand Gandhi, Mitesh Shah, Rahi Anil Barve
- Released
- 12 October 2018
- Country
- India, Sweden
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Awards
- 21 wins, 22 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (17) →
Awards & nominations
See all 43 →5 major awards won · 21 wins from 43 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Critics Choice Film Awards, India 2019 | Best Background Score | Jesper Kyd | Winner |
| Critics Choice Film Awards, India 2019 | Best Cinematography | Pankaj Kumar | Winner |
| Critics Choice Film Awards, India 2019 | Best Production Design | Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav | Winner |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2019 | Best Special Effects | Filmgate Films | Winner |
| International Indian Film Academy Awards 2019 | Best Sound Recording | Kunal Sharma | Winner |
| Critics Choice Film Awards, India 2019 | Best Director – Hindi | Adesh Prasad and Rahi Anil Barve | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2019 | Best Production Designer | Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2019 | Best Cinematographer | Pankaj Kumar | Nominee |
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Critics Choice Film Awards, India
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Background Score | Jesper Kyd | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Pankaj Kumar | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav | Winner |
| Best Director – Hindi | Adesh Prasad and Rahi Anil Barve | Nominee |
International Indian Film Academy Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Sound Recording | Kunal Sharma | Winner |
| Best Special Effects | Filmgate Films | Winner |
FOI Online Awards
11 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Pankaj Kumar | Winner |
| Best Make-up & Hair Styling | Serina Mendonce, Shrikant Desai and Dirty Hands | Winner |
| Best Production Design | Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Adesh Prasad, Anand Gandhi, Mitesh Shah and Rahi Anil Barve | Nominee |
| Best Background Score | Jesper Kyd | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Smriti Chauhan and Sachin Lovalekar | Nominee |
| Best Director | Anand Gandhi and Rahi Anil Barve | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Sanyukta Kaza | Nominee |
| Best Feature Film | Aanand L Rai, Amita Shah, Mukesh Shah and Sohum Shah | Nominee |
| Best Sound Design | Kunal Sharma | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Filmgate Films AB – Martin Malmqvist | Nominee |
Filmfare Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Art Direction | Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Pankaj Kumar | Winner |
| Best Sound Design | Kunal Sharma | Winner |
| Best Background Score | Jesper Kyd | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Smriti Chauhan and Sachin Lovalekar | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Sanyukta Kaza | Nominee |
| Best Film (Critics) | Rahi Anil Barve | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Filmgate Films AB | Nominee |
Screen Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Child Artist | Dhundiraj Prabhakar Jogalekar | Winner |
| Best Child Artist | Mohammad Samad | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Pankaj Kumar | Winner |
| Best Debut Director | Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi | Nominee |
| Best Film (Critics) | Sohum Shah, Aanand L. Rai, Mukesh Shah and Amita Shah | Nominee |
Sitges Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Pankaj Kumar | Winner |
| Best Film – Focus Àsia | Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi | Winner |
| Best Film | Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi | Nominee |
Screamfest Horror Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Picture | Tumbbad | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Gajjar Parth | Winner |
Zee Cine Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Production Design | Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav | Winner |
| Best Debut Director | Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi | Nominee |
| Best Performance in a Negative Role | Sohum Shah | Nominee |
CinemAsia Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad | Winner |
Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Vicious Cat – Best Feature Film | Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi | Winner |
Asian Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematographer | Pankaj Kumar | Nominee |
| Best Production Designer | Nitin Zihani Choudhary and Rakesh Yadav | Nominee |
El Gouna Film Festival
1 nomination
| Golden Star | Rahi Anil Barve and Anand Gandhi | Nominee |